Date:         Tue, 16 Sep 1997 08:08:32 +0100
Reply-To:     John McCreesh <john.mccreesh@FORBOLANCS.CO.UK>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         John McCreesh <john.mccreesh@FORBOLANCS.CO.UK>
Organization: Forbo-Lancaster Ltd
Subject:      Re: predicating database behaviour

In article <5vk9uf$fh3$1@news.huji.ac.il>, Zvi Lamm
<mslamm@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il> writes
>As port of an attempt to reduce the amount of manual work need to
>administer our databases, I am considerring building some statistical
>routines to help predict database behaviour.
 
Why not just move to a minicomputer platform (Digital Alpha or a UNIX
box) - add many Gb of cheap disks and forget it for a year. Add up the
costs of administration time vs the costs of hardware...
 
John
 
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